Gottschalk

Gottschalk or Godescalc (Old High German) is a male German name that can be translated literally as "servant of God". Latin forms include Godeschalcus and Godescalcus. Similarly, the Arabic equivalent of the name is Abdullah (عبد الله), which also translates to "servant of God," reflecting a shared linguistic and cultural concept of devotion across different traditions.

Given name

• Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke
• Godescalc (fl. 781–783), Carolingian scribe; author of the Godescalc Evangelistary
• Godescalc of Le Puy, 10th-century bishop, first documented pilgrim of the Via Podiensis
• Gottschalk of Orbais, a 9th-century theologian, poet, and unwilling monk, best known for his conflict with Hincmar
• Gottschalk of Aachen, 11th-century monk
• Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk)
• Gottschalk of Gembloux (fl. 1136), Benedictine historian and poet
• a 12th-century Holstein peasant, protagonist of the Visio Godeschalci
• Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt (died 1541), last Catholic bishop of Schleswig

Surname

• Alfred Gottschalk (biochemist) (1894–1973), German biochemist
• Alfred Gottschalk (rabbi) (1930–2009), German-born American rabbi
• Andreas Gottschalk (1815–1849), German communist
• Ben Gottschalk (born 1992), American NFL football player
• Carl W. Gottschalk (1922–1997), American professor and kidney researcher
• Elisabeth Gottschalk (1912–1989), German-born Dutch historical geographer and professor
• Heyno Gottschalk, († 1541), Lutheran monk, the last abbot in Oldenstadt
• Jacob C. Gottschalk (c. 1670–c. 1763), American Mennonite bishop
• John Gottschalk (born 1943), American newspaper publisher
• Joseph Gottschalk (1950–2003), American cycling exhibitionist
• Kay Gottschalk (born 1965), German politician
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869), American composer and pianist
• Louis F. Gottschalk (1864–1934), American composer
• Louis A. Gottschalk (1916–2008), American psychiatrist
• Marie Gottschalk (born 1958), American political scientist
• Robert Gottschalk (1918–1982), American camera technician and founder of Panavision
• Timo Gottschalk (born 1974), German rally navigator
• Thomas Gottschalk (born 1950), German entertainer and actor
• Walter Gottschalk (1918–2004), American mathematician

Other uses

• Gottschalks, a former retail chain in the United States
• Gottschalk v. Benson, a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court patent case

See also

• Gotschalk
• Gottschall
• Gottschalck
• Godchaux
• Godshall
• Abdullah (name)